Australian Bureau of Statistics

CensusAtSchool 2008 Questionnaire

IMPORTANT MESSAGE: This was the 2008 CensusAtSchool questionnaire. It is no longer a live questionnaire. You cannot submit responses to the questions. This version is for information and demonstration purposes only. All questions, layout and format are exactly the same as when the questionnaire was open.

Welcome to the CensusAtSchool questionnaire, a series of questions about you and your interests.

Please note that the privacy of your responses is respected:

your name is not collected, and

no form of personal identifier will be stored with your responses to this questionnaire.

If you submit your responses they will become part of a database that will be used by other students and teachers for
educational purposes only.

Instructions:

Please complete all questions.

You will need a measuring tape to complete the measurement section within the questionnaire.

You must complete the questionnaire in one session. If you exit the questionnaire before you click
the submit button all your responses will be lost. You may begin the questionnaire again the next
time you Login.

When you have finished, read the statement at the end of the questionnaire and click on the Submit
button to send your answers to the CensusAtSchool database.

This symbol denotes that the question is an international common question. These common questions are also
included in the CensusAtSchool questionnaire of United Kingdom, New Zealand and Canada.

Enjoy the questionnaire.

YOUR PERSONAL DETAILS

1. Are you

Male

Female

2. When were you born?

Day
Month
Year

3. In which state/territory or country were you born?

Australian locations are at the top of the list followed by other countries.

4. Which state/territory do you live in?

5. Are you of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin?

No

Yes - Aboriginal

Yes - Torres Strait Islander

Yes - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

ABOUT YOU

6. In how many languages can you hold an everyday conversation?

7. In what language/s can you hold an everyday conversation?

You can select all that apply from the list

English

Aboriginal English

Afrikaans

Albanian

Amharic

Arabic (incl. Lebanese)

Armenian

Assyrian (incl. Aramaic)

Auslan

Australian Indigenous Languages (incl. Kriol)

Bengali

Bosnian

Cantonese

Chinese other than Cantonese or Mandarin

Croatian

Czech

Dinka

Dutch

French

German

Greek

Hakka

Hindi

Hokkien

Hungarian

Indonesian

Italian

Japanese

Khmer

Korean

Lao

Lebanese

Macedonian

Malay

Maltese

Mandarin

Maori (New Zealand)

Middle Eastern and North African Languages

Oceanian

Papuan Languages

Persian

Polish

Portuguese

Punjabi

Romanian

Russian

Samoan

Serbian

Sign Languages

Sinhalese

Somali

South Slavic

Southern Asian

Spanish

Swahili

Tagalog (Filipino)

Tamil

Thai

Tigrinya

Tongan

Torres Strait languages (incl. TSI Creole)

Turkish

Ukrainian

Urdu

Vietnamese

Other African language

Other American Language

Other Asian Language

Other European Language

Other Middle Eastern Language

Other Pacific Language

8. Are you right-handed, left-handed or ambidextrous?

An ambidextrous person is able to use the right and left hands equally well

Right handed

Left handed

Ambidextrous

9. Use your DOMINANT HAND to test your reaction time.

This question requires the use of a mouse and the ability to recognise a symbol. If you are unable to do this please skip to question 11.

Press the Start button. As soon as you see a symbol appear in the box, Click Stop.

seconds.

10. Use your NON-DOMINANT HAND to test your reaction time.

This question requires the use of a mouse and the ability to recognise a symbol. If you are unable to do this please skip to question 11.

Press the Start button. As soon as you see a symbol appear in the box, Click Stop.

seconds.

11. What colour are your eyes?

12. How many hours of sleep do you usually get?

Use the slider to select the number of hours

This question requires the use of a mouse. If you are unable to do this please skip to question 13.

(a) When you have school the next day?

(b) When you don't have school the next day?

YOUR MEASUREMENTS

Note: You will need to have a measuring tape for this group of questions.

13. How tall are you without your shoes on?

Answer to the nearest half centimetre

.
cm

14. When you are standing, what is the height of your belly button above the floor?

Answer to the nearest half centimetre

.
cm

15. What is your arm span?

(Open arms wide, measure distance across your back from tip of right hand middle finger to tip of left hand middle finger)Answer to the nearest half centimetre

.
cm

16. What is the length of your right foot, without a shoe?

Answer to the nearest half centimetre

.
cm

YOUR HOME

17. How many bedrooms are there in your home?

18. How many people usually live in your home, including yourself?

Enter the number of people in the space below.

19. Can the Internet be accessed at your home?If there is more than one type of connection in the dwelling, select the higher type.

20. What kind of pet/s do you have at your home? Please do not include farm animals.

You can select all that apply from the list

I have no pets where I currently live

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Dog

Cat

Mouse/Rat

Rabbit/Guinea Pig

Horse/Pony

Bird

Reptile

Fish or Aquatic Animals

Other

YOUR SCHOOL

21. What is the postcode of your school?

Enter the postcode of your school in the space below. If you are unsure ask your teacher

22. Is your school for all boys, all girls or boys and girls?

All Boys

All Girls

Boys and Girls

23. How many students go to your school?

If you are unsure ask your teacher

24. What Year level are you in at school?

25. What is the main method of travel that you usually use to get to school?

Walk

Car

Rail (Train, Tram, Subway)

Bus

Cycle

Skateboard/Scooter/Rollerblade

Boat

Other

26. How long does it usually take you to travel to school?

Answer to the nearest minute.

minutes

YOUR LIFESTYLE

27. What are your favourite types of take-away food?

You can select all that apply from the list

I don't have a favourite Take-away Food

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Fish (e.g. Fish and chips)

Chicken (e.g. BBQ chicken)

Hamburgers

Chips/Fries

Kebabs/Wraps

Pies/Pasties

Pizza/Pasta

Rice/Noodle Dishes

Rolls/Sandwiches

Salads

Fruit/Fruit Salad

Other

28. What did you have for breakfast this morning?

You can select all that apply from the list

I did not eat breakfast this morning

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Bread or bread product (e.g. toast, pancakes, dried biscuits)

Breakfast cereal

Breakfast bar/Snack bar or pack

Baked beans/spaghetti

Eggs (e.g. omelette, fried eggs, scrambled eggs)

Fruit/Fruit juice (e.g. fruit salad. fruit smoothie)

Noodles/Rice

Meat or meat product (e.g. bacon, sausages, ham)

Milk or milk product (e.g. Milo, yoghurt, cheese)

Lollies/potato chips

Soft drink

Tea/coffee

Other

29. Last week, did you earn or receive any money?

Please select the source which provided you with the most money.

30. How much money did you earn or receive last week?

Answer to the nearest dollar.

$

31. Complete the following concentration exercise.

Uncover all the blocks by successfully matching the image pairs

This question requires the use of a mouse and the ability to recognise multiple
images. If you are unable to do this please skip to question 32.

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